US 12,263,418 B2
Rotary evaporator
Sven Heuberger, Nuremberg (DE); and Robert Loschel, Schwabach (DE)
Assigned to Hans Heidolph GmbH, Kelheim (DE)
Filed by Hans Heidolph GmbH, Kelheim (DE)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/668,637.
Application 17/668,637 is a division of application No. 16/634,950, granted, now 11,273,387, previously published as PCT/EP2018/070774, filed on Jul. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2017 004 053.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0266165 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 3/08 (2006.01); B01D 1/00 (2006.01); B01D 1/22 (2006.01); B01D 3/10 (2006.01); B01D 3/42 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 1/222 (2013.01) [B01D 1/0082 (2013.01); B01D 3/085 (2013.01); B01D 3/10 (2013.01); B01D 3/42 (2013.01); B01D 5/006 (2013.01); B01D 5/0096 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control unit for a rotary evaporator for evaporating a substance contained in an initial substance, the rotary evaporator having an evaporation flask for receiving the initial substance, a heating device adapted to heat the substance to obtain a vaporized substance, a condenser adapted to condense the vaporized substance to obtain a re-liquefied substance, a collection container adapted to receive the re-liquefied substance and at least one pressure-generating device adapted to generate a low pressure and/or an excess pressure, wherein the control unit is configured and/or programmed to control the rotary evaporator such that an excess pressure is generated at least within the collection container in order to remove the re-liquefied substance and/or an excess pressure is generated at least within the evaporation flask in order to remove residues of the initial substance, wherein the initial substance is a substance mixture of different components and at least two first conduit portions of the rotary evaporator are provided for supplying the initial substance in a metered manner, and wherein the control unit is configured and/or programmed to control shut-off devices of the rotary evaporator provided at and/or between the conduit portions and metering the different components of the initial substance in order to provide for an automatic supply of the initial substance in a metered manner, so that the initial substance is produced in the evaporation flask itself.